William Bates was one of the foremost Puritans.
He was contemporary with Thomas Manton and Richard Baxter.
His works were eagerly studied by Queen Mary, and his preaching always
attracted great crowds.
He was a spiritual man, whose chief aim in life was to glorify God, and please
Him.
There is no biography of him other than that by the Rev. W. Farmer in 1815, but
his funeral sermon,
preached by another great Puritan, John Howe, also reveals much about his
character.
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